Cavern Club

The Cavern Club started up 10 years ago primarily as a platform for new underground bands. In subsequent years we've put on thousands of shows from the likes of Hundred Reasons, Guttermouth, Sick Of It All, Rival Schools, The Hives, The Bluetones, Ocean Colour Scene, Mansun, The Cranberries, Muse and Coldplay. There have also been some great underground DJ acts including Afrika Bambaataa, The Scratch Perverts, Andy Cato from Groove Armada, Mr Scruff, Digs & Woosh, Ed Rush and Optical.

Pippa Wragg started a punk/indie night in '97 called THE PIXIE CLUB which became FREAKSCENE in 1999 . There have been many great Freakscene shows including Fugazi, Idlewild, Jets To Brazil, Snuff, Hundred Reasons, Bluetip, A, Rival Schools, Samiam, Burning Airlines, Koufax, Ensign, Sick Of It All, Converge, Clutch. In 2001 we started Freakscene records and have put out releases by Tyler, Cars As Weapons, Shoe and Lamb Quartet.

Recent years have seen the wheel turn full circle with Tom Capone and Walter Schreiffels from Quicksand (the first band to step on the Cavern stage Valentines Day 1991) return with their new bands Rival Schools and Instruction. We've made loads of good friends including Hell Is For Heroes, Reuben, Lucky 13 .... and Hundred Reasons of course - who gave us an awesome secret show in March 2003 where they played their new songs for the first time live to a select audience.